Biffy Clyro: "We’re delighted to be longlisted for The SAY Award, alongside some of our favourite Scottish artists!"

Camera Obscura (Tracyanne Campbell): "It's great to know we can be on our fifth album and be considered for awards like this. We're very pleased."

CHVRCHES: "As is generally the case, it has been a wonderful year for Scottish music. We're genuinely honoured and thrilled to see our album in the mix for The SAY Award."

Edwyn Collins: "I'm flattered and delighted, immensely so, for 'Understated' to be selected. This album was important to me, I felt full of confidence once more. Hooray for SAY!"

Frightened Rabbit: "It's a great honour for 'Pedestrian Verse' to be included on the SAY Awards longlist alongside Scotland's finest artists and bands. We're very proud of the album and it's wonderful for it to be recognised in this way. Scotland's music scene is amongst the most productive, creative and energetic of any country in the world and this award list serves to highlight that fact."

Mogwai: "It's an honour to have 'Les Revenants' long listed for the SAY award. We've been really taken aback by how people have taken to the record and know that we'll be in esteemed company as last year was a really special year for Scottish music."